Thanks to the flight home and Mother’s Day, I’m a little behind with the Playoff MVP votes. Time to do some catching up. We’ll do a vote tally at the end of the second round.
Day 20 – The Day the Cavs went up 2-0
3 votes – Lebron James. Another faultless performance by Lebron and another [...]

The playoff diary is back, along with the usual Playoff MVP votes we’ll hand out every day. I can’t guarantee I’ll be able to post every day – I am on holiday after all! – but I will do my best.
We have to talk about Derrick Rose. I’m sure the Internet is about to be [...]

After blogging on that dream on the morning of game 1, I walked downstairs to find my house mate watching the ESPN pre-game show, wearing a Ray Allen jersey and a green shopping bag on his head. He explained to me he’d just bought the jersey yesterday, and he was clearly very excited about it. [...]

Day 33’s Playoff MVP Votes
3 votes – Rip Hamilton. Hit the jumper late in the 4th when the Celtics got within 2, then hit the jumper with 45 seconds left that took the air out of The Garden. Rip didn’t shoot well in this game, but the great thing about Rip is that he never [...]

Day 26’s Playoff Votes
3 votes – Another day, another Celtics v Cavs game where neither team reaches 100 points. But this time there was one player worthy of the day’s 3 votes. KG had probably his best game of the playoffs so far: 26 points, 16 rebounds (playoff high), 4 assists, 3 blocks (equal playoff [...]

PLAYOFF DIARY: DAY 3
I’m sorry T-Mac. This isn’t going to be the year you break your six-time first round playoff drought. But hey, it’s not all bad. At least you’re not up 3-1 making spectacular predictions like how it’s “nice to finally be in the second round”, which is usually a comment reserved for [...]